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Fans of Daniel Silva's well-received earlier novels, especially The Marching Season, will welcome his newest novel of espionage, revenge, and Middle Eastern politics. Gabriel Allon is an art restorer who's persuaded out of retirement by Ari Shamron, the crafty Israeli spymaster bent on a deadly mission: killing a Palestinian agent named Tariq before he can carry out his plan to assassinate an old comrade-in-arms, the treacherous peacemaker Yasir Arafat.

Tariq's role in the murder of Gabriel's wife and son draws both Gabriel and Sarah Halevy, the beautiful French model whose affair with Gabriel led to the assassination of his family. Still in love with Gabriel, Sarah allows herself to be set up with a cover and infiltrated into Tariq's inner circle. But before Gabriel can rescue her and fulfill his mission, Tariq turns the tables to get his old adversary as well as Arafat in his own sights. A particularly resonant scene in which Tariq and Arafat confront each other and discuss their former friendship, as well as the change in tactics that has brought Tariq to the ultimate betrayal, reveals Silva's deep comprehension of Palestinian rivalries. He puts a clever little fillip on the ending that adds to the brio of this strongly paced thriller. Silva creates complex, fascinating characters in Gabe, Ari, and Tariq, and more than fulfills the promise of his earlier books. --Jane Adams --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.

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The tragedy of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and despair of its resolution provide the backdrop for Silva's (The Unlikely Spy) heart-stopping, complex yarn of international terrorism and intrigue. Israeli master spy Ari Shamron sets an intricate plot in motion to lure deadly Palestinian assassin Tariq al-Hourani into his net. Art restorer Gabriel Allon, a former Israeli agent whose family was killed by Tariq, is lured back into the fray by Shamron and teamed with Jacqueline Delacroix, a French supermodel/Israeli secret agent whose grandparents died in the Holocaust. Gabriel sets up in London to monitor Yusef, Tariq's fellow terrorist and confidant. Jacqueline is assigned to seduce him in hopes of intercepting Tariq, who is devising a plan to kill Israel's prime minister during peace talks with Arafat in New YorkDand he has similar plans for Gabriel. The tortuous plot leading the various parties to the showdown in Manhattan is a thrilling roller-coaster ride, keeping readers guessing until the mind-bending conclusion. Sensitive to both sides of the conflict, the narrative manages to walk a political tightrope while examining the motivations of Palestinians and Israelis alike. The duplicity and secret financial juggling to keep government hands clean is personified in publishing mogul Benjamin Stone, who backs the Israeli efforts. He is just one of many larger-than-life characters (both real and invented) thrown into the mixDArafat himself has a tense encounter with Tariq that underscores the volatility of terrorist loyalty. An array of global locales adds to the complexity and authenticity of the dizzying, cinematic plot. (Dec.) Forecast: The popular success of Silva's first two novels and the timeliness of this one suggest escalating sales. Random is backing the title with major ad/promo, including a six-city author tour.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte provient de la Hardcover édition.
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2.0étoiles sur 5 not worth all the hype, Mars 15 2003
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This review is from: The Kill Artist (Mass Market Paperback)
Daniel Silva is one of those authors whose name gradually becomes familiar. I decided to pick up some of his novels after hearing favorable reviews on his latest book. I have just finished the Kill Artist and it was......OK. In my opinion, it took a long time for the plot to develop, halfway through the book I was ready for some kind of action. I also soon grew tired of the flashbacks and wanted the story to progress in the here and now. The novel did improve near the end but by then I was just slogging through the thing.
Hope the next one I read is an improvement.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Finally someone approaching Trevanian-Shibumi !!!, Mars 4 2004
Par Edward Saunders Jr. "hunnybeared" (Nashville, TN USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: The Kill Artist (Mass Market Paperback)
The Good Lord has answered my prayers! Upon reading this very engrossing novel - The Kill Artist, I thought that I would never really find another author who could grip you in plots, twists and turns, killing methods, politics, love, human interplay, and then wrap it ALL in modern situations complete with political over and undertones..... BRAVO! MORE!!!! I look at my Jewish Brothers and Sisters in a different light after this novel!
ENCORE MORE BRAVO!!!!
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1.0étoiles sur 5 This Silva fan was disappointed, Fév 25 2003
This review is from: The Kill Artist (Mass Market Paperback)
I enjoyed "The Marching Season" and "The Mark of the Assassin." I read the unique and brilliant thriller "The Unlikely Spy." With that much going for him, I was really looking forward to a crackling spy thriller in "The Kill Artist."

Unfortunately, I was bitterly disappointed. I still love Silva's writing style, and I'll say that up front. His prose is easy to read; you'll consume large chunks of text in one sitting.

However, his plotting in this novel is amateurish at best. A painter-master spy (Gabriel Allon) is a cool concept for a protagonist, but then you put him on a surveillance mission? The most exciting thing he does is reprogram an alarm clock! You think I'm kidding, but I guarantee it!

So most of the action revolves around Jacqueline Delacroix, who is a supermodel on par with Cindy Crawford or Christy Turlington. And lucky for Jacqueline and Gabriel, the Palestinians never think to look on the cover of any magazine when they're trying to figure out who she is! No, but they happen to notice she's the same chick from some grainy photo of an operation that took place twelve years before! Crickey!

One other thing I found annoying about this book is that the first three chapters do not use names for the main characters. Unfortunately, Silva thought it would be cool if he didn't give any of the characters names until later. He thinks it builds suspense, but to the reader it is aggravating reading about "the stranger" who paints, or "the man" who is trying to assassinate a Israeli foreign minister.

The underlying moral value in the book is that people have many faces, both private and public. Nobody really knows someone else's identity. In the first chapters of the book, he tries to slam this home so that you feel like you know no one in the book. Things clear up later, but you have to be patient.

Unfortunately, patience never pays off for the plot. The action is few and far between. When the climax comes, the result defies logic. The impact on the protagonist is vague. I don't want to spoil it for you, so I'll leave it at that.

An untapped resource in this book is the Israeli Intelligence Chief Ari Shamron. He is the most intriguing figure as a gruff and calloused spymaster using agents as pawns, but he was under-utilized.

I just can't put a positive spin on this book besides this: Silva has so much potential that I hope his next works harness the imagination we saw in "The Unlikely Spy."

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